Chicago police responded about 11:00 p.m. Monday to a report of an armed robbery near the intersection of Laflin Street and Polk Street. Two UIC students were robbed at gunpoint in the 800-block of South Laflin near the West Side of the UIC campus.
The students reported they were approached by three men, and that one of the men was armed with a silver handgun. The armed offender demanded money, while the other two offenders searched the students and took their property. The armed offender then told the victims to lie down on the street and count to 30.
The victims followed the man’s instructions, and the offenders fled the scene.
The offenders are described as a group of three black males, age 18-20.
Offender #1 was described as a male/black, age 18-20, 5’7″ and 130 LBS, wearing a red hooded sweatshirt and black pants.
Offender #2 was described as a male/black, age 18-20, 5’0″ 160 LBS, wearing a baseball cap and hooded sweatshirt with a Cubs logo on back.
Offender #3 was described as a male/black, age 18-20, 5’10” and 160 pounds, wearing a green baseball cap and black hooded sweatshirt.
UIC police are encouraging students to walk in groups, use well-lit walkways and know the locations of emergency phones. Police also instruct students to have the campus security phone number (312-355-5555) entered into their cell phone contact list or on speed dial. Also, students are told not to display electronics they might be carrying.
Anyone citizens with information are urged to call UIC Police at 312-996-2830.
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